By Steven Allen AdamsThe Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — Gov. Patrick Morrisey laid out a multi-faceted strategy to help at-risk children before they become just another child welfare case. But one of those plans involving expansion of a pilot education program came as news to state education officials. Morrisey,[Read More…]

By Riley McCoyThe Register-Herald BECKLEY — A new rule at the checkout line has some West Virginians arguing about soda, health and who gets to decide. As West Virginia restricts soda purchases from SNAP benefits, state leaders have framed the change as a health-focused step meant to steer public dollars[Read More…]

By Mike TonyCharleston Gazette-Mail A Louisiana-based bank says a key company in the family business empire of Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., owes it a debt that has ballooned to more than $47 million and is growing by more than $20,000 a day.The Justice family-controlled Greenbrier Hotel Corp. owed First Guaranty[Read More…]

The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register The Health Plan announced Tuesday that it has donated $300,000 to food banks across West Virginia, continuing its commitment to community support through its “Spirit of Giving” campaign. A total of 12 food banks in the Mountain State each received $25,000. Much of that money[Read More…]

By Steven Allen AdamsThe Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — Nearly 10 years after first being elected to the West Virginia Senate, Patricia Rucker will start the 2026 legislative session as the body’s new assistant majority leader. In a press release Monday afternoon, Senate President Randy Smith, R-Preston, said he[Read More…]

By Steven Allen AdamsThe Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — An early morning raid of Venezuela ordered by President Donald Trump that seized the nation’s president and his wife has raised questions about its legality, but most Republican lawmakers, including West Virginia’s congressional delegation, have expressed support for the attack.[Read More…]

From the Times West Virginian CHARLESTON — Four Girl Scouts from West Virginia will represent their fellow Girl Scouts, Appalachia and the United States at the 70th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York City, March 6-4. The annual commission brings together youth, leaders, policymakers and[Read More…]

By Joselyn KingThe Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING — In 2026, it may be an off-year election in the Mountain State, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t offices on the ballot across West Virginia and a need for qualified candidates for public service. Election filing season in West Virginia begins[Read More…]

By Mike TonyCharleston Gazette-Mail Editor’s note: This report was supported by the Pulitzer Center and is part of a Gazette-Mail series on drinking water quality in West Virginia. Chris Coleman told West Virginia utility regulators the red water was one red flag among many. Coleman, one of fewer than 1,000[Read More…]

By Taylor McKinnieSpecial to the News and Sentinel SAGO, W.Va. — Twelve West Virginians miners lost their lives 20 years ago today in one of the worst coal mining disasters in the state’s history. On Jan. 2, 2006, an explosion and collapse in the Sago mines trapped 13 miners underground[Read More…]